Hong Kong #4

This next one is a real sight.

A380-800 (9V-SKP)

Side view of the A380 with slightly better lighting

Cathay Pacific A330-300 (B-HLU) with the One World Livery

A wee bit shaky on landing, touching down on the left mains before the right.

Here's Air China's 777-200 (B-2061). Note the jetway rubber stains around the doors.

Will be updating soon....

Hong Kong #3

Next on the list, is Cathay Pacific's 777-300 (B-HNJ). Another one of those long aircrafts. 

 Was supposed to be taking this type (-300) all the way to Narita after Hong Kong, whereby Seat 34K was like any other normal windowed seat. However for some reasons, Cathay changed it to a -200, making my 34K windowless... (NOOOOOOOOOOO) But thankfully, not much to snap after departing from Hong Kong and arriving to Narita (Night Time).

Then we have All Nippon Airways from Japan. ANA is a large operator of 767s. This is a -300ER version (JA618A).

Vietnam Airlines is one of those airlines such as Royal Jordanian, Korean Air, KLM and others that paint their aircrafts in full colour, instead of the majority white colour used by most airliners. I would guess that the painting costs are the same whether its white or other colours as the aircraft's first base colours are usually green (for Airbus). Anyway, here's the A321-200 reg VN-A367.

An airline from a neighbouring country, Royal Brunei Airlines A320 (V8-RBV), a smaller relative of the above A321.

And to conclude post #3, allow me to showcase the FLYING PANDA!! Quite glad to get this airline's aircraft in this special livery. ANA 767-300ER (JA606A)

Hong Kong #2

GATE 18......
That was were my camera was clicking for about an hour. It overlooks Runway 25R. The landings per minute is soo much higher than the landings per hour in Penang. Paradise for me. :D

Nearly missed the first one that came in after I reached that spot. It was a China Airlines A330-300.

 Reg. B-18303

Followed by Cathay's A330-300 (B-HLD). This one 'bounced' quite a number of times before fully hugging the ground and deploying its spoilers.Rough wind conditions I guess.

 Next was the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747-400 (B-HUE). Love the elegance of this aircraft as it approaches the runway.

This one was a real treat for my eyes, Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-8f (B-LJG). First time seeing it and lovin it too. With raked wingtips and new engines, its just lovely. Its even longer than the A340-600, which I have yet to see. A340s rarely fly in to Penang.

Hong Kong #1

Went for a very nice vacation to Tokyo, Japan. Took Cathay Pacific again as they operate directly from Penang at reasonable prices too. Couldn't get a nice pic of my aircraft before takeoff as they completely revamped the Penang Airport to make it look modern-ish. Caters for more aircrafts I guess. But if my memory serves me correctly, its a 777-200 (B-HND)

Above shows the old terminal with the pointy roofs. Note the new terminal on the right. Below however, at the "Penang International Airport" has replaced the pointy roof building. Looks nice, but so does the old one.

Thai Airways A300-600 (HS-TAO), the first A300 passenger variant I've seen. All the time it has been the freighter versions by FedEx and Air Hongkong.

Much of the time of the flight to Hong Kong was spent on in-flight entertainment which used the not-so-clear LCD screens. Bulkhead was had a great legroom though as my seat (30A) add full access to two windows. IFEs on Cathay's regional 777 aircrafts aren't that great as the screen quality is bad, and all of its movies run concurrently. Should there be two shows you'd love to watch, oh well you'll have to sacrifice one.

Anyway, three hours later, here I was at Hong Kong. Sky was clearer this time and sunnier.

The area in front of Dragon Air 330 (Gate 18) is where my main spotting was done as it overlooked Runway 25R, which handles most of the inbound aircrafts.

The landing made me wonder if the aircraft was undergoing a landing gear strength test. But then again, it's Hong Kong, with crosswinds and wind shears, the pilot did a great job getting us down. **Thumbs UP.

And what a coincidence, 4 A330s in a row.

Aeroflot A330-300 (VP-BDE)

Air Seychelles A330-200 (A6-EYZ) 

 Dragon Air A330-300 (B-HYF) with the full golden dragon

Asiana A330-300 (HL7747), love this livery over the older full brown livery

More updates coming UP. Stay tuned.......

Heavy Day #4

And to end the day of shooting, here comes a BIGGY!!

B777-200 B-HND elegantly on approach

This comes in occasionally around noon from Hong Kong (CX 633) and departs about 2 hours later back to Hong Kong. CX sometimes operate this flight using A330s.

Heavy Day #3

Continuation....

This was a pleasant surprise. A private Challenger 605 that came in for landing. (I wander who this belongs to) Registration B-LSC. Nearly missed this due to its small size. Only had a few seconds to prep the camera for shooting.

This was a trainer aircraft I guess, as it performed multiple touch and gos. Missed it a couple of times as it is small, white and was quite high when it flew over head. It touched down in the middle of the runway. Diamond DA-40D 9M-HMP

And this is the daily visit by FedEx using their A300-600F and this is the N722FD.

Heavy Day #2

Let's get on to Part 2.

This aircraft makes a trip once every 2 days into Penang. 2nd time for me.

 Federal Express MD-11F Reg. N619FE

I like how the two tiny landing lights pop out up front.

Here it is just before touchdown. I try not to include obstructed shots, but this, oh well Two freighters in one. The UPS 767 waiting to cross the active runway is from the previous entry. The cargo terminal is opposite the main passenger terminal. Freighters would have to taxi back parallel to the runway, then cross the runway to their lot, unless they land from Runway 22, where they can directly exit to the cargo terminal.

Silk Air's A320-200 9V-SLM

Close up on AirAsia's A320-200 Reg. 9M-AQD

Tiger Airways A320 from Singapore, 9V-TAO

This AirAsia had the Skytrax Winner for Low Cost Airline stuck on their vertical stabiliser. This A320's reg. is 9M-AHO